glaucous gull

noun

1. a large white and pale-gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions.

glaucous gull

noun

1. a gull, Larus hyperboreus, of northern and arctic regions, with a white head and tail and pale grey back and wings

Word History and Origins

Origin of glaucous gull¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

At Barrier Lake (July 29, 1951) we observed three long-tailed jaegers, all chasing and harassing a glaucous gull.

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The glaucous gull is sufficiently strong to be able to defend its eggs and young against the attack of the mountain fox.

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Still more common than the glaucous gull in the lands of the High North is kryckian, the kittiwake.

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